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Humanoid robots race past humans in Beijing half-marathon, showing rapid advances
5+ hour, 46+ min ago (341+ words) By Eduardo Baptista and Laurie Chen BEIJING, April 19 (Reuters) " Dozens of Chinese-made humanoid robots showed off their fast-improving athleticism as they whizzed past human runners in a half-marathon race "in Beijing on Sunday, having lagged far behind a year "earlier....
Open AI faces tighter regulation under EU's Digital Service Act, Handelsblatt says
1+ week, 1+ day ago (192+ words) (Corrects to search engine instead of platform in paragraph 1) April 10 (Reuters) " The European Commission on Friday "said it was analysing whether "Open AI's Chat GPT should be considered a large online search engine under the rules of the Digital Services…...
European banks can withstand current shocks, watchdog head says
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (388+ words) PARIS, April 16 (Reuters) " European lenders are resilient enough to absorb current financial and geopolitical shocks but need to prepare for future uncertainties including cybersecurity risks from AI, Fran'ois-Louis Michaud, the new head "of the European Banking Authority, said. Banks" ability…...
TSMC set to post 50% quarterly profit jump, extend record earnings on'insatiable AI demand
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (393+ words) By Wen-Yee Lee and Ben Blanchard TAIPEI, April 16 (Reuters) " TSMC, the world's largest manufacturer of advanced artificial intelligence chips, will likely notch up a fourth consecutive quarter of record earnings with a "50% surge in net profit for January-March driven by…...
Trump backs government AI safeguards in banking system, acknowledges risks
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (186+ words) WASHINGTON, April 15 (Reuters) " U. S. President Donald Trump acknowledged the risks artificial intelligence posed to the "banking system and said there "should be government safeguards, but also believed the technology could make the banking system better and safer, according to an "interview…...
Korean AI chip startup DEEPX, Hyundai work on robots powered by generative AI
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (387+ words) SEOUL, April 15 (Reuters) " South Korean AI chip startup DEEPX will expand its partnership with Hyundai Motor Group to develop a computing platform for generative AI robots using its second generation of "low-power chips, its top executive said, as it gets…...
Federal agencies skirt Trump's Anthropic ban to test its advanced AI model, Politico reports
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (198+ words) April 14 (Reuters) " Federal agencies and government officials are quietly sidestepping U. S. President Donald Trump's ban on working "with Anthropic, Politico reported on "Tuesday. The Commerce Department's Center for AI Standards and Innovation is actively testing Anthropic's frontier AI model Mythos' hacking…...
Anthropic draws VC interest at up to $800 billion valuation, Business Insider reports
4+ day, 7+ hour ago (105+ words) April 14 (Reuters) - Anthropic has received multiple offers from venture capital firms in recent weeks to invest in "the Claude maker at valuations "as high as $800 billion, more than double its current value, Business Insider reported on Tuesday, citi. .. Anthropic draws…...
Open AI unveils GPT-5. 4-Cyber a week after rival's announcement of AI model
4+ day, 10+ hour ago (211+ words) April 14 (Reuters) " Open AI on Tuesday unveiled GPT-5. 4-Cyber, a variant of its latest flagship model fine-tuned specifically for "defensive cybersecurity work, following rival Anthropic's "announcement of frontier AI model Mythos. Mythos, announced on April 7, is being deployed as part…...
Meta inks deal with Broadcom for custom AI chips
4+ day, 10+ hour ago (132+ words) April 14 (Reuters) " Meta and Broadcom on Tuesday announced a multi-year "partnership under which "the chip designer will provide technology supporting Meta's custom AI accelerators, as the social "media "giant rapidly "expands its data "centers. Broadcom's shares rose 3. 4% in extended trading....